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  • Site address:

  • Inspection Date:

  • Inspection by:

  • Location:

  • Personnel Present:

Site Set Up

  • Site signage displayed for every lot number?

  • After Hours contact name and numbers displayed in required places?

  • Energency phone numbers and evacuation point nominated?

Work Areas

  • Has barrier tape been erected and maintained to identify any unsafe areas?

  • Framing Carpenter has a specific SWMS for Truss Installation?

  • If carpenters are working from ladders to install roof trusses does their SWMS reflect this scope of works?

  • Supervisors have access to SWMS?

  • Do trades have a copy of their SWMS on site?

  • Are trades working to their SWMS?

Electrical Safety

  • Meterbox board Residual Current Device (RCD) tested and tagged every month?

  • Power tools and equipment protected by earth Leakage?

  • All electrical equipment tested and tagged?

  • Temporary wiring labelled as temporary?

  • Lead stands and insulated hooks used where required?

Mobile Plant and Equipment

  • Is there any mobile plant or equipment operating on site?

  • Does all plant have flashing lights and audible reversing beeper?

  • Does all plant on site has proof of maintenance and is in good working order?

  • Verify that concrete pumps and mobile crane records are available and up to date?

  • Are out riggers fully extended and on timber supports?

  • Safe working loads are marked on the gear?

  • Lifting slings and chains are in good condition and maintained?

Working at Heights

  • Has the void protection been signed off and certificate provided?

  • Is the void protection in place prior to first floor flooring being installed?

  • Is the void cover down while workers are working on first floor

  • Has the guardrail been signed off and certificate provided?

  • Is guardrail in place prior to installing first floor flooring?

  • Roof guardrails in place around perimeter of all lower roof where work is being undertaken?

  • Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained on balconies?

  • Is there appropriate fall protection in place such as scaffolding or hung scaffolds for all work being undertaken on the second floor?

  • Are all ladders secured, 1:4 vertical ratio, project 1 metre above platform?

  • Has the framer installed temporary handrails over window openings lower than one metre?

Scaffolding and Ladders

  • Is there any Scaffolding erected on site?

  • Is the scaffold certificate in place and signed off every 30 days? (Scafftag)

  • Sole boards must either pick up two standards or be a minimum of 450x225x32 hardwood or laminated. The scaffold must be fitted with base plates and screw jacks?

  • Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained?

  • Are diagonal bracing in place every 3rd bay front and rear?

  • Is scaffolding tied back into house?

  • Is there adequate clear access to the scaffold?

  • Are all transoms fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?

  • Are all ledgers fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?

  • Are all base plates sitting on the sole boards?

  • Are the work decks fully planked out? with no missing planks or holes in the scaffold?

  • Are all gaps no greater than 225mm adjacent to the face of the structure/building?

  • Are scaffold decks clear of debris?

  • Are all platforms fully planked?

  • Are trestle scaffolds set up on even ground or adequately packed to ensure stability, and fully planked out?

  • Are all ladders commercial grade and without structural damage?

  • Can a worker use both hands to climb and descend ladder?

Summary

  • Summary - Are high risk activities compliant?

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